After the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announcement on July 15, 2012, that it considers the conflict in Syria to be a full-blown civil war, Western media sites and bloggers launched a debate revealing the secrets of politics and war benefits of the global powers who are looking for their influence in the area.

The ICRC had previously classed the violence in Syria as localized civil wars between government forces and armed opposition groups in Homs, Hama and Idlib. Moreover, President of the ICRC Jakob Kellenberger said earlier that the international organization is the only one able to operate on the ground in Syria. In other words, the ICRC has set down the laws of war.

The blog Military In the Middle East, which is dedicated to military hardware in the region, posted five posts under the subject “Civil War in Syria,” illustrating military action in the main cities of Syria such as Aleppo and Damascus, among others.

A destroyed Syrian Army T-72.

Stephen Lendman, reject the theory of civil war in Syria. He wrote on his blog:

On the other hand, other bloggers wrote about the Syria’s neighbor, Turkey, which was a strong ally to the Syrian regime and which has changed its position towards Syrian president Bashar Al Assad after the early months of the uprising in Syria. On July 30, the blog – A Pseudo-Ottoman Blog: Occasional Musings – wrote:

Turkey is part and parcel of the Western alliance as a NATO member and close friend of the U.S. Or is that only Israel, as an imported nation state in the Middle East, can be publicly termed a member of the Western powers??? Nevertheless, Doherty and Bakr’s [Reuters correspondents] sources clearly show that Turkey is now stepping out of the shadows and has publicly assumed a leading role in the mission to topple the Syrian Baath regime.

Michael Blackburnsr supports the idea that the conflict in Syria is a power struggle. He wrote:

There are three main factors that are making a rebel victory seem more likely.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with Turkey’s facilitation and U.S. coordination, are sending arms to the opposition.

The regime has been rushing the same trusted units around the country to put down upsurges. After many months of battle, these forces are getting tired and stretched thin.

President Bashar al-Assad really has nothing to offer the opposition. He won’t leave and he can’t share power. His strategy of brutal suppression and large-scale killing can neither make the opposition surrender nor wipe it out. Even if he kills civilians and demonstrators, the rebel military forces can pull back to attack another day.